Stimulus could fund Fremont cops
By Matt Artz
Monday, March 23rd, 2009 at 6:43 pm in Uncategorized.
President Obama apparently wasn’t kidding said the stimulus bill would create high-paying jobs.
Fremont released a report last week estimating that the city would receive more than $9 million in stimulus funds.
Of that $682,824 would go to fund five police officer positions. This is where I usually rail against cops all making more than 100k, but given what happened in Oakland Saturday, I won’t go down that road.
Anyway, the Fire Department would get $1.5 – $2 million for storage buildings at two fire stations that had been put on ice due to cost restraints.
The biggest chunk of change, about $4 million would go for street repairs. There would also be nearly $700k for homeless prevention programs and up to $2 million for clean energy projects.
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March 23rd, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Welcome back Matt!
Actually, the cost of keeping one officer on the street is much, much more than just their individual salary, just as in any business or organization. I don’t know the numbers, but I’m certain the police department has them.
March 23rd, 2009 at 10:04 pm
We definitely need homeless prevention-have you noticed the ever increasing amount of homeless people around central Fremont?
March 24th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
we received a letter (from a real estate agent) stating 33% of all single family homes in Fremont are either foreclosed properties or short sales. i was surprised the % seems high…